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Ed Schrader's Music Beat are Ed Schrader and Devlin Rice - a minimalist punk duo from the fair city of Baltimore, Maryland.

In the beginning there was only Ed: a man unhinged, channelling to the world a sacred message in the form of song. His only divining instruments: a single floor tom, one light, and a commanding baritone. "He's a master songsmith who has reduced pop and punk to their most basic building blocks," said Christopher Weingarten of the Village Voice.

Ed was soon joined by Devlin on bass, who proved to be an acute match for encapsulating the space-time from whence they came.

Their union quickly brought about the release of their 2012 debut album 'Jazz Mind' through Upset The Rhythm (and Load Records in the US), which The Wire magazine said recalled "the percussion-heavy chants of Liars", with Ed "affecting a mournful Arthur Russell tone on the a cappella songs" whilst "roaring like Rollins" on the album's faster numbers.

The album (featuring collaborations with Matmos and Randy Randall of No Age) captured their raw and jarring live show through weird, wiry rock songs with a decidedly smart sensibility. Since then, Ed Schrader's Music Beat have toured frequently in North America and Europe, notably alongside their friends Dan Deacon and Future Islands, as well as hardcore luminaries Ceremony.

RELEASES

'PARTY JAIL'

Pantomime Jack

UTR066 | CD / LP | 13 tracks, 21 minutes | Buy

'Party Jail' picks up where 'Jazz Mind' left off, adding a thoughtfully crafted, minimal pop vibe to their already terse punk sound. The follow-up features songs that are equally loud and destructive, pensive and strangely haunting.

An early version of "Radio Eyes" was chosen for the "Sub Pop 1000" Record Store Day 2013 compilation. A new version of this song appears on 'Party Jail', as well as the upcoming single "Pantomime Jack" which, among other subjects, ponders existing in a universe that culturally charts music that began and ended with the "Live Aid" generation through its self important pontifications and documentaries.

"Music begins now!" says Ed. The album also features additional drums by Jeremy Hyman of Ponytail, Dan Deacon, and Boredoms.

'JAZZ MIND'

When I'm In My Car | Sermon

UTR053 | CD / LP | 11 tracks, 21 minutes | Buy

The band recorded 'Jazz Mind' with Twig Harper (of Nautical Almanac) and mixed it with Chester Gwazda (producer of Dan Deacon's 'Spider Man of The Rings' and 'Bromst', and Future Islands' 'In Evening Air' and 'On the Water'). The recording boils down the band's vision of pop-inflected, stripped-down rawk to its most necessary elements.

'Jazz Mind' is a sonic panorama of a record. "My Mind Is Broken By The Sound But It Gets Me Around" finds a serene minimal bliss in floor tom and subtle robotic vocals, while raging anthem "When I'm In My Car" (featuring Randy Randall of No Age) bleeds into the more conceptual dark euphoria of compositions like "Right" (featuring Matmos plus a real hurdy-gurdy).

You hold the truth in your hands right now, pop music in its purest form, rhythm and personality, and what's better than that?

LINKS

www.myspace.com/edschradersmusicbeat

PRESS

STEREOGUM

"Televan" Video

THE QUIETUS

"Televan" Video Premiere

FRONTIER PSYCHIATRIST

Interview

SUBBACULTCHA

'Party Jail' Review

IMPOSE

'Party Jail' Review

STEROGUM

"Laughing" Video Premiere

DROWNED IN SOUND

'Party Jail' Review

UNCUT

'Party Jail' Review

SPIN

'Party Jail' Stream

THE QUIETUS

"Pink Moons" Feature

STEREOGUM

"Pink Moons" Feature

SPIN

"Televan" Feature

STEREOGUM

"Televan" Feature

LOUD & QUIET

"Pantomime Jack" Feature

BOWLEGS MUSIC

"Pantomime Jack" Feature

PITCHFORK

"Pantomime Jack" Feature

STEREOGUM

"Pantomime Jack" Feature

IMPOSE

"Pantomime Jack" Feature

THE 405

"Pantomime Jack" Feature

CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND

"Pantomime Jack" Feature

SPIN

'Sun Pop 1000' Feature

SPIN

'Jazz Mind' Review

YELLOW GREEN RED

Interview

THE WIRE

'Jazz Mind' Review

SPEX

'Jazz Mind' Review

THE 405

'Band to Watch' Feature

LOUD & QUIET

'Jazz Mind' Review

SUBBACULTCHA

'Jazz Mind' Review

THE 405

'Jazz Mind' Review

DAZED

Interview

DUSTED

'Jazz Mind' Review

PITCHFORK

"When I'm In My Car" MP3

SPIN

"My Mind is Broken" MP3

PREFIX

'Jazz Mind' Review

IMPOSE

'Jazz Mind' Preview

THIS IS BOOK'S MIND

'Jazz Mind' Review

BEATBOTS

'Jazz Mind' Review

SOUND REVOLUTION

'Jazz Mind' Review